If you drive our two Noctua fans at twelve volts they are subjectively slient. As we drove the fans at seven Volts, with 800 rotations per minute, they were almost noiseless but there also was a decrease in cooling capacity. Never the less there still is more than enough potential that even todays high-end CPUs can be cooled perfectly even at low rotation speeds. Furthermore one should also be aware that a down draft design comes with the advantage that the onboards components are being actively cooled too. This means that the your boards power design will operate at lower temperatures.

According to its price this cooler mainly targets enthusiasts as well as overclockers. Never the less we recommend this product to a wider group of buyers. The reason that there are a lot of accessories as well as the fact as it comes with two high quality fans makes the pricing very competitive.